Everyday Use Meaning

“Everyday use” as a title makes me envision something that may be taken for granted since it is used frequently, on an “everyday” basis, much like the act of breathing or waking up every morning and knowing the water will come out when you turn on the faucet. I believe the title, “Everyday use” was chosen specifically to symbolize the lives of Mama and Maggie in contrast to Dee’s more extravagant life. Their material possessions, like the butter churn or the quilts, are put to use daily as necessity items not as show pieces as Dee wanted to designate them as being.
Another idea that the term “Everyday use” brings to mind for me is in signifying something that is dependable. Something that is used on a daily basis is generally very dependable
and reliable, much like the lives of Mama and Maggie in their simplistic ways and in their adherence to the teachings and ways of doing things, much like their ancestral predecessors.